the government of spain has been struggling for months now to turn the country's economy around. today, new figures were released showing the number of people out of work is at a new record high. >> some 4.9 million spaniards are currently registered. that's an unemployment rate of some 25%, and many fear the situation is going to get worse before it gets better. >> long queues at the unemployment office had become a familiar sight in spanish cities, and they keep getting longer. the number of jobless rose for a fourth consecutive month in november. almost 500,000 more are out of work compared to a year ago. >> i wish there were more jobs. we are sinking in unemployment. >> i think the bad situation we are in is going to last at least another two years. >> the government, of course, hopes that is not the case, but so far, it has not had any success in bringing down the jobless rate. >> these are obviously very bad numbers. unemployment continues to rise. we work hard every day to try and change that. we are dealing with a crisis. >> critics at home city government's approach of c